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Davas Ltd have expertise in dealing with many aspects of explosives safety management

• Site planning
• Site licencing
• Classification issues
• COMAH safety reports and MAPPs
• production of Risk Assessments and Method Statements

Dr Tom Smith of Davas Ltd is qualified as a Dangerous Goods safety Advisor (DGSA) covering all classes of dangerous goods for Road transport

Davas Ltd have been involved in the production management of some of the World's largest scale public events including

• Manchester Commonwealth Games
• Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Athens Olympic Games
• London Millennium Celeberations
• Lonon New Year Celebrations

In most cases Davas acts to provide independent assesment of the the feasibility of incorporating pyrotechnic effects into the ceremonies, and creative and risk management features once the "go-ahead" has been given.

Avril is your first point of contact

Helen currently manages the production of the Jopurnal of Pyrotechnics (http://archives.jpyro.com) as well as acting as Davas Ltd company secretary

Tom graduated from Oxford University in 1983 with 1st class honours in Chemistry and subsequently gained his Doctorate, again at Oxford, in 1985. After working in the chemical industry for 3 years, and as a computer lecturer for a further year he joined Kimbolton Fireworks in 1989 as display manager in control of, eventually, some 200 firework displays each year. Read the rest of this entry »

Please click below for more details of Davas staff

Tom Smith – Managing Director

Helen Saxton – Company Secretary and Production Manager for JPyro

Avril DiPalma – Administrative Assistant

Davas Ltd have recently acted for the following clients

• British Aerospace (Royal Ordnance) – site licensing
• Martin Baker Limited – explosives licensing
• Ministry of Defence – technical study of e-learning
• Royal Docks Management Authority (RoDMA) – explosives licensing
• Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – contract research report
• East Sussex County Council – explosives consultant
• Pyrovision – explosives licensing and sfaety consultant
• Windfall Films – pyrotechnic/safety consultant
• BBC Wildlife (Bristol) – pyrotechnic/safety consultant
• Australian Pyrotechnics – pyrotechnic/safety consultant
• Accolade Events Management – pyrotechnic consultant
• FTF Worldwide – explosives licencing
• Live! – pyrotechnic safety consultant
• Groupe F – Pyrotechnic safety consultant
• Jack Morton Wordwide – safety consultant
• Jack Morton Public Events – pyrotechnic consultant
• Plymouth City Council – risk assessment/management and fireworks site/competition management
• The Event Suppliers Association (TESA) – competition management and risk analysis
• Walker Morris, Peden Reid, Trethowans, Burton Burton & Ho, Warner Goodman, Lupton Fawcett etc – expert witness